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Well-known Russian Writer suspected of “extremist” statements

The Russian Federation Investigative Committee’s Moscow Department has initiated a check into the novel by Boris Akunin “All the World’s a Theatre”. Senior Investigator Tsepelev is looking for “statements of an extremist nature”. The book, published in 2009, is one of a number about the adventures of Erast Fandorin. It would appear that the investigation was undertaken after some kind of “denunciation”.

Boris Akunin writes in his blog that the Director of the Zakharov Publishing Company, Irina Bogat, has received a summons to a Moscow branch of the Investigative Committee. Ms Bogat has also been asked to provide a copy of the contract signed with Boris Akunin, a copy of the book and Akunin’s contact details.

The novel is to be checked following a statement received from a Mr A.M. Voevodin.